Internet mourns Lee Kuan Yew with black ribbons and beautiful art

Many changed their profile photos to a picture of a stylised black ribbon with Mr Lee's face.

MPs Baey Yam Keng, Sim Ann and Chan Chun Sing were among the first to adopt the image as their profile photos. Mr Baey told The New Paper the picture was done by the People's Action Party.

Other Singaporeans also changed their profile photos to black and white ones, most depicting more sombre faces.

Perhaps they were taking their cue from Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his wife Ho Ching, who had changed their Facebook profile photos to more sombre ones last week when the senior Mr Lee was critically ill.

Words, however, weren't enough for some Singaporeans, who paid tribute with art - proving that a picture is indeed worth a thousand words.

Even popular local humour site SGAG went sombre and came up with a map of Singapore with Mr Lee's silhouette on it. It quickly went viral.

Many others chose to draw sketches of Mr Lee - one even sewed a cross-stitch of an image of Mr Lee's face - a tapestry of how the man will forever be woven into the memories of the nation.

This article was first published on March 24, 2015. Get The New Paper for more stories.